Everything changed in an instant in Jimny's mind.
The commotion in the house startled the renovation workers and scared the Jackson family away. Soon, the baby's cries, the dog's barking, and his sister, who should have been dead for good, all appeared alongside the home as it had once been.
It was as if a nightmare had come back to life.
No, more like a beautiful dream had shattered.
He began to wonder whether the years he remembered had even been real.
A door opened in the room next door, but something was wrong with the lock. I remembered breaking it.
The girl's screams grew even more piercing and unnerving.
She slammed through the lock and finally burst out.
When I heard the commotion, I glanced at Jimny, still standing there in a daze, then passed through the door just as the girl rushed by me.
She was indeed a ghost, but she didn't seem to realize it.
She dashed past me and was about to head downstairs when the glass in a picture frame beside her shattered. She screamed again, nearly tumbled down the stairs, then ran out of the house.
Jimny left his room as well. He glanced at the open front door, then passed into another room.
The window there faced the street outside the front door.
I stood beside Jimny and saw the same scene I'd witnessed earlier. I raised my eyes, shifting my gaze from the girl to the road. Wu Ling and the others' car was still parked there. I could even see my own figure inside it. But from this angle, I could only make out my body, not my face.
Was that... another me?
Or was my body unconscious?
All the lights in the house were on, illuminating everything and making Jimny's